Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

न गर्भमाविशेद्भूयो भवेत्सौभाग्यभाजनम् । पार्वतीशस्य लिंगस्य नामापि परिगृह्णतः

Transliteration

na garbhamāviśedbhūyo bhavetsaubhāgyabhājanam | pārvatīśasya liṃgasya nāmāpi parigṛhṇataḥ

Translation

Wer auch nur ehrfürchtig den Namen des Liṅga Pārvatīśas annimmt oder ausspricht, geht nicht wieder in den Schoß ein und wird zu einem Gefäß des Glücks.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधबोधक-अव्यय (negation)

• गर्भम्: womb
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आविशेत्: should enter
• आविशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (adverb: again)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सौभाग्यभाजनम्: a recipient of good fortune
• सौभाग्यभाजनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य + भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• पार्वतीशस्य: of Pārvatīśa
• पार्वतीशस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वतीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (कर्म) अधिकयुक्ता

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even/also)

• परिगृह्णतः: of one who takes/utters (accepts)
• परिगृह्णतः: Karta (Agent in genitive/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), परस्मैपद; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (जनस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārvatīśa-liṅga (nāma-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, perhaps far from Kāśī, sits in meditation chanting ‘Pārvatīśa’; the syllables appear as luminous script flowing toward a distant vision of Kāśī and a shining liṅga, while a fading wheel symbolizes cessation of rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatīśa liṅga
• Nāma (name)
• Garbha (rebirth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī’s Śaiva frame, even nāma-smaraṇa is salvific—devotion can operate through simple remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, through the exceptional sanctity attributed to the Pārvatīśa liṅga and its very name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-grahaṇa (taking/uttering the sacred name), implying japa/smaraṇa as a practice.